Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2012, 2:51 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2012, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
080
WUUS51 KPHI 221851
SVRPHI
PAC089-221945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0037.120622T1851Z-120622T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
251 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT POCONO...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF GOULDSBORO
STATE PARK...OR 8 MILES EAST OF WILKES-BARRE...AND MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GOULDSBORO STATE PARK AROUND 320 PM EDT...
TOBYHANNA AROUND 325 PM EDT...
6 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT POCONO AROUND 330 PM EDT...
CANADENSIS...MOUNTAINHOME...SKYTOP AND PARADISE VALLEY AROUND 340
PM EDT...
ALPINE MOUNTAIN AND 6 MILES NORTH OF HERNYVILLE AROUND 345 PM
EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.
&&
LAT...LON 4123 7512 4115 7514 4115 7508 4109 7503
4110 7499 4108 7497 4099 7513 4096 7513
4109 7561 4112 7565 4113 7565 4123 7554
4124 7551 4126 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 285DEG 25KT 4128 7569
$$
PO1 follow-up statement
333
WWUS51 KPHI 221932
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
332 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
PAC089-221945-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120622T1945Z/
MONROE PA-
332 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY...
AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CANADENSIS...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT POCONO...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES NORTH OF ECHO LAKE BY 345 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.
&&
LAT...LON 4123 7512 4115 7514 4115 7508 4108 7502
4102 7507 4100 7511 4098 7513 4118 7556
4123 7553 4124 7551 4126 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 288DEG 41KT 4120 7522
$$
POThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 119 min |
| Jun 22, 7:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 102 min |
| Jun 22, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 56 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.